The famous Pigna plaza in Rome is a composition of objects from different time periods and countries, some centuries apart. The pinecone, and likely the peacocks judging by the old picture (although they seemed to have earlier sources before that), came from the previous Vatican basilica, where it hold a prominent place as a fountain before entering the basilica, for travellers to wash themselves before entering, not unlike todays mosques. The pinecone itself is a fountain. The lions from Egypt but overall the composition is highly intentional and creates the tree of life together.
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Image: installation with bronze pine-cone in the atrium of Old St Peter’s Basilica, Rome. Drawing by Cronaca
Image: pianta di Roma di Etienne Du Perac (1577), particolare del Vaticano.
The Pigna fountain, In its form , hold the mathematics of creation, Phi and the Fibonacci sequence, like the great Egyptian pyramid and some others slope or, Greek temples and churches, which have it also encoded in their construction. It is a metaphor for eternal re-creation and time itself. The pinecone, because its linked to the fruit of the evergreen pine. The tree of life, rotating stars (and Christmas tree). Not linked to a “pineal gland” or “pineapple” as misinformed and misunderstood in many places. Although both encode the Fibonacci sequence, which was the blueprint and encoded in the great pyramid, many Greek temples and cathedrals and churches for that exact reason. The flower of life. In western Europe, the tree of life was the pine, whilst in the east the Bodhi tree or sacred fig, at the Mayas the Ceiba tree (King Pakals tomb lid) and in Sumeria, the date palm. But all where metaphors for the rotating stary sky and the cosmos, eternal recreation. The Vaticans one is just a recent version of a global concept. The mayan one in the temple of the “foliated cross” , 4 directions, slky etc, even has the face and the bird (polestar big dipper, just like the christmass tree) on top. It is extremely obvious these are the exact same concept and ridiculous to say this is just a coincidence, there was no cultural exchange, then you do not understand the concept depicted. The cross of the sky.
The sumerian example is often confused with an UFO. But its the same bird as the Mayan one, The big dipper or christmas tree polestar.
Mostly with 1 main central god (constellation) , the Assyrian Ashur, sometimes with 3, then most likely it are EA, Enki (Aquarius) and Enlil (Bootes). The 3 areas they split the sky in. For further reading on gods as constellations, see my creation of god article. It is noteworthy that “the rotating skies” or milkyway had a few metaphors. Being a tree (“canopy with fruit”), the sea, a grape vine, a mountain (Meru). See the link to my tree of life article. Yes its the christmas tree, the starry rotating sky with its polestar on top.
Image: Explanation how Phi is encoded in a Pinecone and the Pineapple as in the slope of the great pyramid and many greek temples and chruches and cathedrals.
Source: https://slideplayer.com/slide/8500843/
The lions and the peacocks, the pinecone, “the fruit of the evergreen pine” makes up the tree of life, a metaphor for the rotating skies and time itself, where creation itself, is its fruit. The arrangement of these objects into a new composition, was not random.
Image: Pigna fountain, Vatican
Source: https://www.arrivalguides.com/en/Travelguide/Rimini/doandsee/pigna-fountain-17468
Its intend and design can be clearly seen when we are putting these two images together.
Image: Byzantine tree of life motive
As one now can clearly see, the Pigna fountain is an arranged Byzantine “tree of life”, metaphor for the rotating skies, combies earths lions with the skies birds(usually eagles) that together form the gryphon. That symbolism of the gryphon can be seen on the old basilica picture above, similar to the myceanen lions gate of two lions flanking the pillar of heaven but more like the delphi sarcophagus. The pillar of heaven, the trunk of the tree of life.
- The two lions: I wrote in a seperate article on the symbolism of the two lions which is linked to the Aker symbolism
Image: Delphi sarcophagus, iconography of gryphons flanking the pillar of heaven, the fire the sun. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:07Delphi_Sarkophag.jpg
- In its center, (the thunder sky) god bringing rain as a water feature in its center.
- The 4 pillars, symbolizing the 4 seasons.
- The peacocks are immortality symbols.
The peacock symbolizes immortality because of an ancient legend that its flesh is incorruptible and does not decay after death. This belief led ancient Romans and early Christians to adopt the bird as an emblem of eternal life, reinforced by its annual shedding and regrowth of brighter feathers.
Because of its striking appearance and seasonal molting, the peacock became a popular artistic symbol across several historical and spiritual traditions:
- Early Christianity: Found in catacombs and on tombs, the peacock represents the resurrection of Christ and the immortal soul. Saint Augustine even documented testing the incorruptibility myth in City of God, noting that the bird’s meat resisted decay for a remarkably long time.
- Ancient Greece: The “eyes” on the peacock’s tail were said to represent the stars, and the bird was sacred to Hera, the Queen of the Gods.
- Hinduism: The peacock is associated with royalty, divine protection, and the cycle of time. It is the sacred mount (or vahana) of Lord Kartikeya (the god of war) and is associated with Saraswati (the goddess of wisdom).
There is a reason the great pyramid was a 4 sides pyramid perfectly aligned to the cardinal directions, that there where 4 sons of Horus (Imsety, Duamutef, Hapi, Qebehsenuef ) or 4 godesses (Isis, Serket, Neith, Nepthys) linked to the cardinal directions, even placed as such in King Tuts Shrine. They are also seen on the Denderra zodiac.
There is 1 similar pinecone fountain, the Aachen cathedral one, watering holes on the tips of the leaves and on the 4 corners in figures that are now damaged said to represent the personified rivers, but I am not 100% sure of that as it could be the 4 seasons also,
Image:s Aachen Cathedral pinecone. Bronze, height 91 cm, diameter in center 68 cm (35.8 x 26.8 inches), around 800ad or 1000ad. Base with inscription tenth century. Probably part of a fountain in the cathedral atrium, set on a column next to the door by the late 15th c.taken to Paris 1794, returned to Aachen 1815, placed in vestibule 1893
inscription: “Water gives to this world whatever they bring to its growth; the fertile Euphrates, the Tigris fast as an arrow. The maker Udelrich the pious abbot sings thanks.” Source of Images: https://www.kornbluthphoto.com/AachenPinecone.html
One can argue that symbolism of the pinecone, has fallen out of fashion, remembering previous symbolism of Dyon-ISUS thyrsus staff.
Image: Staff of DyonISUS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thyrsus
The figure on the fountain, is god. Or the skygod Jaweh / Bootes etc. Close to Leo who usualy has the honor of being the fountain as the nile flooded at Leo at summer solstice. This iconography of “God on the tree” is closely related to what the Nazis did by depicting Odin on the world tree at atlantis haus (See Nazi symbolism article) One could either place Bootes on the cross or tree or Orion. The principle is the same, rotating sky.
The photo shows Benedict XVI when he attended an audience event. The original title is La Resurrezione. Literally translated, ‘(Christ’s) resurrection’. The artist is the Italian sculptor Pericle Fazzini.
A large bronze statue, 20m wide, 7m long, and 3m wide, located in front of the audience room . It is said that Pacini got his inspiration while praying in the Garden of Olives ( Gethsemane ) in Jerusalem to get inspiration while making the sculpture commissioned by the Vatican. The specific meaning of the work is not simply expressing the contents of the Bible , but ‘Christ resurrected from nuclear fire ‘. In other words, it contains the meaning of ” Jesus Christ will eventually be resurrected even in the face of terrible hardships such as nuclear war .” Ordered in 1965 and completed in 1977, it reflects the era of the Cold War , when the threat of nuclear war reached its peak. Source: https://en.namu.wiki/w/%EB%B0%94%EC%98%A4%EB%A1%9C%206%EC%84%B8%20%EC%95%8C%ED%98%84%EC%8B%A4
The real meaning is him sitting in from of the tree of life (or the sky) with Jesus being Orion, whilst god is Bootes.
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